Ain't no trust : how bosses, boyfriends, and bureaucrats fail low-income mothers and why it matters / Judith A. Levine.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2013]Description: xv, 297 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780520274716 (cloth : acid-free paper)
  • 0520274717 (cloth : acid-free paper)
  • 9780520274723 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0520274725 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ 759 .L4744 2013
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Welfare reform and the enduring structural roots of distrust -- "The way they treat you is inhumane" : caseworkers and the welfare office -- "I couldn't put up with it no more" : perceived mistreatment and distrust at work -- "I don't trust people to watch my kids" : mothers' distrust in child care providers -- "You can't put your trust in men" : gender distrust and marriage -- "I trust my mother and no one else" : trust and distrust in social networks -- Conclusion -- Appendix: research methods -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-284) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Welfare reform and the enduring structural roots of distrust -- "The way they treat you is inhumane" : caseworkers and the welfare office -- "I couldn't put up with it no more" : perceived mistreatment and distrust at work -- "I don't trust people to watch my kids" : mothers' distrust in child care providers -- "You can't put your trust in men" : gender distrust and marriage -- "I trust my mother and no one else" : trust and distrust in social networks -- Conclusion -- Appendix: research methods -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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